Artificial Lure here with your Lake Powell fishing report for Wednesday, October 29, 2025. Sunrise hit the redrock cliffs at 6:43 AM and we’ll see sunset slip away at 5:36 PM. Folks, it’s a bluebird day—expect highs around 66°F with sunshine and light southeast winds, making for glassy water and calm boating conditions, just about perfect for fishing around Wahweap or Bullfrog bays. The water’s still plenty cool in the mornings, but afternoon surface temps rise into the upper 50s, so keep that in mind when planning your approach.

No tides here in the high desert, but the moon’s in its first quarter today, with about 18% still showing—typically good news for active fish especially near dusk and dawn, when the light starts to fade and the stripers push baitfish into shallow coves.

The action lately has stayed hot for autumn. Yesterday, reports from locals and the Lake Powell, Utah Daily Fishing Report podcast confirm anglers landed solid counts of striped bass and smallmouth. Stripers schooled up in deeper main channel cuts near Antelope Point, with boats often bagging 30 or more per outing—the trick has been finding those big boils early, especially by trolling or graphing for marks around 30–60 feet down. The smallmouth bass bite’s still sizzling in rocky shallows and drop-offs; several nice stringers up to two pounds each were caught between Labyrinth Canyon and Padre Bay.

The word on lures: for stripers, it’s tough to beat heavy jigging spoons (1- to 2-oz silver and white models resemble shad), as well as chartreuse or white swim baits, especially when fished vertically beneath schools spotted on sonar. Topwater action tapered off a bit this week, but trollers dragging deep-diving crankbaits—especially shad-patterns—found fish too. For smallmouth, anglers swear by 3"–4" soft plastic grubs and tubes rigged on 1/8 to 1/4 oz jig heads in green pumpkin or smoke sparkle. If you want to go old-school, cut anchovy bait dropped straight down will draw frantic strikes from hungry stripers, and a few walleye have been nosed up in the low light by folks using crawler harnesses slow-trolled along points.

Don’t sleep on the crappie bite either—with lower water and lots of exposed brush, you’ll do well dipping small marabou jigs near submerged willows or flooded structure in Warm Creek or Last Chance Bay.

If you’re heading out now, top hot spots include:

- **Antelope Canyon**: Active morning boils and solid striper action, especially right after sunrise and again an hour before sunset.
- **Padre Bay points**: Best for smallmouth, rocky transitions, and even a shot at some big largemouth lurking deeper.
- **Wahweap Marina breakwater**: Schooling stripers and bonus walleye for anglers fishing late into the evening.

As drought continues to keep Powell’s water lower than many remember, the concentration’s made for some of the best fishing in years—just watch for debris and new obstructions.

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